Is There a Need for Critical Robotics Research?
Paper in proceeding, 2023
What research questions and approaches are currently missing in the field of human-robot interaction research? We discuss humanistic and critical dimensions of critical robotics - an initiative created to investigate a possible paradigm shift in the field of robotics research. Robotic solutions are increasingly presented as a potentially desirable and emerging technologies in different social domains and institutions. At the same time, both this vision and the reality of robots in society pose a great deal of challenges. We provide some background to the critical robotics movement and present examples of research that takes a critical robotics perspective.
drones
social robots
reconfiguring HRI
critical robotics
epistemology
human-robot interaction
Author
Sara Ljungblad
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Niamh Ní Bhroin
University of Oslo
Sofia Serholt
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
University of Gothenburg
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
0922-6389 (ISSN) 18798314 (eISSN)
Vol. 366 663-6669781643683744 (ISBN)
5th Robophilosophy Conference: Social Robots in Social Institutions, Robophilosophy 2022
Helsinki, Finland,
Helsinki, Finland,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Media and Communication Technology
Interaction Technologies
Human Computer Interaction
Robotics
DOI
10.3233/FAIA220674